Clothesline and supporting means therefor



June 26, 195] Filed June '7, 1948 E. E. ANDERSEN CLOTHESLINE AND SUPPORTING MEANS THEREFOR 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Elmer E. A no'ersen 1mm TOR.

BY WM Patented June 26, 1951 7 oLo'rnEsLnvE AND SUPPORTING MEANS THEREFOR Elmer E. Andersen, Denver, 0010., assignor of ten per cent to Donald E. Anderson and five per cent to Donald F. Clifford, Denver, 0010.

Application June 7, 1948, Serial No. 31,429

This invention relates to a clothes line construction comprising a multiple of individual clothes lines arranged in parallelism and has for its primary object to individually support the multiple clothes line and to provide means for adjusting the lines and placing them under individual tension.

Another important objectof this invention is to provide means for supporting a multiple of 8 Claims. (Cl. 211119.10)

A meritorious feature of this'inventi'on resides in the provision of an arch supporting beam suspended above the line and carrying a transverse supporting bar adapted to engage and support the multiple of lines disposedin parallelism below the arch means. 1

These and ancillary objects and other meritorious features are attained by this invention, a

preferred embodiment of which is set forth in the following description and illustrated in the accompanying drawings by way of example only,

wherein:

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of the clothes line construction, the same embodying the principles of this invention;

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view taken substantially on the longitudinal plane of line 2-2, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Figure 3 is a sectional view of the means provided for supporting the vertical bars;

Figure 4 is a cross sectional view of one of the horizontal supporting members, taken substantially on line 4-4 of Figure 1 and illustrating the means provided for taking up the slack in the clothes line and placing the lines under tension, said means being provided for each individual line;

Figure 5 is a cross sectional view of one of the horizontal supporting members, showing the means provided for attaching one end of each of the multiple of clothes lines; and,

Figure 6 is a sectional view taken on the line 6--6 looking in the direction of the arrows in Figure 1.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, wherein similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout, with particular reference to Figure 1, this invention,

I0, is shown in supported association with standards or legs l2, l4, l6 and I8. The standards are preferably anchored in the ground by permanently setting the lower portions thereof in concrete 20, in order to maintain them in an upright vertical position. The upper portions of the standards terminate in concave supporting ends or saddle portions and retain in a horizontal position a pair of parallel tubular supporting bars 22 and 24. However, the pair of standards supporting each bar or tube 22 and 24 may be dispensed with and one standard may be employed and attached to the medial portion of the horizontally disposed supporting bars.

The supporting bars 22 and 24 have aligned apertures or openings 26 and 28 disposed in alignment therein. A multiple of clothes lines, such as rope or wire or the like, 30 are arranged between the supporting tubes or bars 22 and 24, the same consisting of a plurality of individual lines 32, which are arranged in parallelism between said bars. The lines 32 are at one end disposed through the transverse apertures 26 in the bar 22, the end being brought around the upper portion of the bar and twisted around the main body portion of the line as at 34. The opposite ends of the lines 32 are secured to a bolt or the like 36 by inserting the end of the line into the eye of the bolt and twisting the end around the main portion of the line as at 38. The bolt or similar fastening member is inserted in the aperture 28 in the bar 24, with a suitable engaging nut 40' disposed on the threaded shank thereof. Thus, rotation of the nut 40 on the threaded shank of the bolt 36 takes up the slack in the lines 32 and adjusts the tension thereon.

Means is provided for engaging the medial portion of the lines 32 and transmitting the weight of articles placed on the lines to the horizontally parallel bars 22 and 24 and comprises an arch supporting beam 40, having its ends suitably secured by welding or the like to the central portions of the opposed bars 22 and 24. A transverse bar 42 is suspended from the medial portions of the arched beam 40 by means of a vertical connecting tube or rod 44. Depending from the transverse supporting tube or bar 42 are a plurality of guide hooks 46 within which the middle portion of the lines 32 is inserted and accommodated.

Thus, the arched supporting beam eliminates any possible sag in the line due to the weight of articles or the like placed thereon and the more weight or load placed on the lines will produce a greater upward pull on the lines or wires which would retain the multiple of 'lines'30 .in.,a

horizontal plane. 1

From the foregoing description :taken in conjunction with the drawings, it is to be apparent that there has been provided an :apparatus, which will enable clothes andthe :like tobe'securely retained. However, though the preferable form of the invention has been shown and described, it is to be understood that certain changes 'may be effected thereon as coming within the spirit of the invention and in the scope of the appended claims.

Having described the invention, what is :zclaimed .as :new is:

:1.-:-A clothes-line support for use with a plu- .-'r ality of individual lines arranged in parallel- ..ism comprising an arched supporting beam supported. longitudinally above the lines, a connecting bar depending :from the medial portion of thev beam and a transverse line engaging ,member horizontally supported by said connecting'bar for detachable association with the plurality of lines.

2A clothes line construction comprising a pair of parallel "horizontally disposed bars, a plurality -of individual lines arranged in paral- .lelism between said bars, means for individually adjusting the tension on the lines, an arched supporting beamsuspended above the lines and secured at each end to said bars, a line retaining member suspended from the medial portion .of the beam and means carried by said lmcmber forengaging the lines.

.3. The combination, of claim 2 wherein said tension adjusting means includes adjustable .fasteningmembers transversely inserted through .oneof-said bars, one end of said fastening members being looped to accommodate the lines in- .serted and secured therethrough.

4. The combination of claim z'wherein a coninecting .bar depends irom the medial portion of the beam and I carries the line retaining -member, v.said member being disposed transversely of the :beam.

5. The combination of claim 2 wherein said 4 last mentioned means includes hooks depending from the member and spaced therein for detachably receiving the lines.

6. A clothes line construction comprising a pair of horizontally supported bars disposed parallel to each other and having aligned apertures receiving ya plurality of individual lines arranged in :parallelism', .means .for individually adjusting the tension on said lines, an arched supporting beam suspended above the lines and secured at each .end to the pair of supported ibars, a vertically disposed member depending "from said arched beam, a transverse bar fixed to the lowerend of said member and depending from the medial portion of said beam, and line carrying hooks on said transverse bar for de- -tachably receiving and supporting the lines.

7. A clothesline support comprising a pair of parallel horizontally disposed and longitudinally spaced bars between which a plurality of .parallel :lines are strung, an arched supporting beamsecured ratdtslopposite ends to the bars,

and :a horizontal retaining member transversely carried-by the medial portion --of the beam for receiving and supporting the lines, said trans- .verselydisposed memberbeing secured to said arched beam by means depending from said :beam and attached to said transverse member.

8. -A clotheslinesupport for use with a pluralityof individual lines-arranged in parallelism comprising-an arched supporting beam arranged above and forming a medial support for said lines, a horizontally disposed line retaining member arranged transversely of said lines, means for .-attaching said transversely disposed member to said archedbeamand means-for deachably connecting said-lines to said transversely disposed member.

ELMER E. ANDERSEN.

REEERENGES CITED The following references are .of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED i STATES PATENTS Davis May 28,1940 

